A schoolboy has been arrested for allegedly trying to hack into FBI computer networks.

Bureau agents flew in from the US to watch Police Scotland interrogate the 15-year-old, the Daily Record reported.

Detectives raided his Glasgow home on Tuesday, before arresting him over the Computer Misuse Act – which covers hacking and unauthorised access to digital material.

‘Following a search of a property in the Glasgow area on Tuesday February 16, a 15-year-old male was arrested in connection with alleged offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990,’ a police spokesperson said. ‘He has since been released and is the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal.’

FBI agents sat in on the boy’s interrogation (Picture: AFP)

Reports suggest the boy could face extradition, and possibly imprisonment, in the US.

‘The boy is believed to have hacked into the FBI’s computer systems,’ a source told the Scottish paper. ‘Agents then travelled to Scotland to sit in on him being questioned by detectives. He could be extradited to the US, where he would face a long jail term.’

However, just a few months ago the government blocked an attempt to extradite Scottish hacker Gary McKinnon, 49.

Gary McKinnon’s extradition was blocked (Picture: Getty Images)

McKinnon, who has Asperger’s syndrome, was accused of breaking into 97 NASA and Pentagon computers, gaining access to passwords, deleting files, and shutting down networks on military bases. Theresa May blocked his extradition under human rights laws.

And last week another teen was arrested in the East Midlands for hacking into the emails of John Brennan, director of the CIA.